mod_rewrite directives in .htaccess

[juanmanuel]

Hi! Are mod_rewrite directives in .htaccess allowed in the servers I need to install a contribution in OSC. Thanks.

[Ihost]

Yes they are. We are using them on our site to do 301 redirects.

[-Oz-]

I use them all the time to send "folders" to php scripts.

[petert]

I use them all the time to send "folders" to php scripts.

Can you give me an example of the code I need to put in my .htaccess file
to redirect folders to scripts?

Thanks,
Peter

[superfly]

I've got a similar problem so I'll post it here if ok =)

this is my index.php:
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or ($i=1; $i < 10; $i++)
{
echo '<a href="index.php?l='.$i.'">Link '.$i.'</a><br />';
}
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and this is my .htaccess file:
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RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index/(.*).php /index.php?l=$1
----------------------------

Both files are in public_html/

The links wont rewrite... what am I doing wrong?

[Buddha]

RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^index/(.*).php /index.php?l=$1

First problem that I see... Periods are special characters in regular expressions. To find an actual period you need to use a backslash like this:

\.

Second problem... If index is a directory then it should probably begin with a forwardslash unless your using RewriteBase.

See if this works...

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteRule ^/index/(.*)\.php /index.php?l=$1

[petert]

The links wont rewrite... what am I doing wrong?

I don't think mod_rewrite solution works on Dathorn servers.
I've asked Andrew and he said he is not sure if this is going to work.

The ForceType directive in .htaccess doesn't work either .

Does anybody using Dathorn servers has implemented search engine friendly URLs and if yes, how?

Thanks,
Peter

[superfly]

Actually it does work... i tried going to domain.net/index/1.php and it worked. yay. =)

[Jonathan]

I believe Oz uses it for "search engine friendly"
URLs in his CMS scripts that he makes.

[petert]

Hi guys,

I need some help with mod_rewrite please.
I've tried Buddha's example and it didn't work.
Here is my setup:

.htaccess file in the root of public_html folder

this is the .htaccess content

RewriteEngine On 
RewriteRule ^/article/(.*)\.php /article.php?l=$1

.htaccess has 755 permissions

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article.php in the root of public_html folder

=========================================

When I type:

http://my-domain-name.com/article/something-here.php

I get Not Found error.


What am I doing wrong?


Thanks in advance,
Peter

[Buddha]

If you have an "article" directory, I think you might get a 404.

Just a note of caution: You can create an endless loop with a rewrite, just be careful what your doing.

[petert]

If you have an "article" directory, I think you might get a 404.

Just a note of caution: You can create an endless loop with a rewrite, just be careful what your doing.

I don't have article folder, but I've renamed the file to article1.php just in case and I've changed it the .htaccess file too - got the same error again

[petert]

I fixed the problem .

The rewrite rule line was wrong. It was:

RewriteRule ^/article/(.*)\.php /article.php?l=$1

and I've changed to:

RewriteRule ^article/(.*)\.php /article.php?l=$1

and now it finds article.php


Thanks for the help guys,

Peter

[Jonathan]

mm, I'm wondering;

I'm thinking of making my new site using
PHP includes, and a file.php?id=casename
sort of URL........

Basicly, load the include as if it
were an iFrame file, except of course ~ it isn't.

But, could I use (and if so, how) mod rewrite
to make 'index.php?id=hosting' actually show, in the URL
as 'domain.com/hosting/' ? Basicly, for search-engine friendly URLs...

[Buddha]

Jonathan you wouldn't need to do a mod_rewrite if you let Apache do it's job as the front controller. I would think that PHP-Nuke's front controller architecture would be one of the problem you would want to avoid in your own CMS?

petert: Sorry been writing too many rewrite rules in .conf you don't need that leading slash in .htaccess.